• Independent TD for Kerry
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Email me whenever Michael Healy-Rae speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Hospital Appointments Status, Hospital Waiting Lists, Carer's Allowance Applications, Medical Card Applications, Disability Allowance Applications

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Road Traffic (Amendment) (Use of Electric Scooters) Bill 2019: Second Stage (16 Oct 2019)

“I thank Deputy MacSharry and Fianna Fáil for bringing forward this important subject to debate here tonight. Certainly, the use of e-scooters has become more common. Something I would dearly like to see would be the use of helmets by those using e-scooters because at present they do not use helmets. None of us wants to see anybody, no matter his or her age, being hurt, especially...”

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Oct 2019)

“The Minister will be aware I have raised in the House over a long period the issue of the downgrading of University Hospital Kerry, which is based in Tralee. I have studied very closely the decisions that have been taken by HSE South and I see it as being a power play by the HSE in Cork to downgrade our services in Kerry and centralise everything in Cork. It has been happening. It is...”

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (15 Oct 2019)

“133. To ask the Minister for Finance if exemptions can be made in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41613/19]”

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• Has spoken in 165 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 1449 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 3 comments on this TD's speeches — above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 14–15 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 628 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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